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From the Ted Talk by Harry Baker: A love poem for lonely prime numbers

Unscramble the Blue Letters

But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, and I became the U.K. slam champion and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable. It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages to be jguedd by five French sgrenrats. (Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, but it also menas that this next piece is technically the best poem in the wlrod. (Laughter) So... (apsalpue) According to five French strangers.

Open Cloze

But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, and I became the U.K. slam champion and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable. It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages to be ______ by five French _________. (Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, but it also _____ that this next piece is technically the best poem in the _____. (Laughter) So... (________) According to five French strangers.

Solution

  1. strangers
  2. judged
  3. applause
  4. means
  5. world

Original Text

But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, and I became the U.K. slam champion and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, which was unbelievable. It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages to be judged by five French strangers. (Laughter) And somehow, I won, which was great, and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, but it also means that this next piece is technically the best poem in the world. (Laughter) So... (Applause) According to five French strangers.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. applause
  2. champion
  3. cup
  4. french
  5. great
  6. invited
  7. involved
  8. judged
  9. languages
  10. laughter
  11. loved
  12. means
  13. native
  14. paris
  15. people
  16. piece
  17. poem
  18. poetry
  19. slam
  20. slams
  21. speaking
  22. strangers
  23. technically
  24. travel
  25. unbelievable
  26. won
  27. world